| LC control no. | n 91102332 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Simpson, Red |
| Variant(s) | Simpson, Joseph Cecil |
| Birth date | 1934-03-06 |
| Death date | 2016-01-08 |
| Place of birth | Higley (Ariz.) |
| Place of death | Bakersfield (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Country music Truck drivers--Songs and music |
| Profession or occupation | Country musicians Singers Composers Lyricists |
| Found in | His The man behind the badge [SR] 1966: label (Red Simpson) New York times WWW site, viewed Jan. 14, 2016 (in obituary published Jan. 12: Red Simpson; b. Joseph Cecil Simpson, Mar. 6, 1934, Higley, Ariz.; grew up in Bakersfield, Calif.; d. Friday [Jan. 8, 2016], Bakersfield, aged 81; architect of the twangy, hard-driving Bakersfield sound in country music who made a career out of truck-driving songs like the 1971 hit I'm a truck; wrote songs recorded by Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and others) |
| Associated language | eng |
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